Author's Note: Tumble1980- First off, I'd like to thank anyone who's read this story. Knowing that people have taken the time to use my work is an incredible emotional booster. I promise to update weekly, even if that means staying up until one o'clock on a Saturday night. You all can expect a story by the 30th. After publishing the first chapter of my story, I realized to my horror that I had some typographical and formatting errors. I give my sincerest apologies and promise to crack down on this kind of stuff. Lastly, someone will be eliminated this chapter. I'd recommend that you cross your fingers for whom ever you're rooting for. With that said, please enjoy Total Drama All-Stars Redux!
"Last time on Total Drama All-Stars Redux!" Chris began with a shining smile towards the camera. "We met our fourteen all-stars: Bridgette, Sierra, Noah, Owen, Heather, Gwen, Duncan, Lindsay, DJ, Harold, Courtney, LeShawna, Alejandro, and Trent! Assigning the veterans to their teams, Bridgette and DJ found out that they were considered villains. We also found out how the contestants were doing and what they thought of each other. LeShawna and Gwen were glad to see each other while Alejandro and Bridgette…have been on better terms in the past. Some fleeting early-game alliances were formed: Lindsay and Sierra, possibly DJ and Noah, and maybe even Duncan and Alejandro! Find out how all of this and more will continue right here, right now, on Total Drama All-Stars Redux!
The fourteen campers were standing on the top of the cliff, in their bathing suits, waiting for Chris to arrive. They had divided into their teams. In contrast to the Villains' team, The Heroic Hawks made, albeit awkward, conversation.
"So LeShawna," Harold began timidly. "How have you been settling in?"
"It's been alright. Gwen is all kinds of bitter when it comes to Courtney, though." LeShawna seemed to be slightly irked about this.
"Yeah, I thought so. She's always glaring Courtney nowadays." Harold responded. He then went on to say: "I think it may be a problem."
"How so?"
"Well, please don't get offended when I say this," Harold said cautiously, in case what he was about to say backfired. "But I think Gwen may become a detriment to our team." He then added: "We should probably try to see if she'll forgive Courtney."
"That's sweet of you Harold," LeShawna responded, impressed with Harold's proposal. "I don't think it'll work, because Gwen's in a dark place on the matter right now."
Harold looked over to Gwen, and he saw that she looked to be brooding.
"I agree with you, but I'm just so worried about her." Harold said with the motives of trying to curry favor with LeShawna and help Gwen.
"I think I might know what'll cheer her up," LeShawna stated glancing over to Trent.
Confessional #8
"I really don't know how Trent will cheer up Gwen, but I have a feeling. And hey, my gut has never been wrong." —LeShawna
On the other team, Alejandro had become bored with just sitting around in silence. He walked over to Duncan and pulled him away from the Villainous Vultures.
"Duncan look," Alejandro explained. "I know we should be meeting in secret, but I'm afraid Noah may be on to us. I saw him and DJ talking about alliances right after they left."
"Please, what damage can they do?"
"Duncan, both Courtney and Bridgette hate us."
"Oh. God, I'm becoming Lindsay."
"Hey!" Lindsay shouted.
"Uh, guys why are you two talking about DJ and me?" Noah asked.
"Oh, fuck," Alejandro stated. Trying to change the subject, he asked Noah: "Why are you on the villain team?"
"Uh, Alejandro, did you not hear what Chris said on the dock? They ran out of former antagonists and I suppose I was the next closest. Besides, I appeared antagonistic back in the dodge ball challenge from season one. Also, I just really wasn't bothered." Noah finished. Remembering why he had even bothered to talk to Alejandro, he guessed: "You and Duncan are in an alliance."
Alejandro had been predisposed to lying when competing in Total Drama. He tried to do just that.
"Noah, friend, you see Duncan and I were merely—" Alejandro was cut off by Duncan, who was annoyed with Alejandro's slipperiness.
"Noah, Alejandro and I have been trying to form an alliance."
"Thanks Duncan, at least you're honest. With a look of distaste shot at both of them, Noah immediately told his team about Duncan and Alejandro's alliance. The two of them received universal glares from their fellow Villains. Even Heather seemed annoyed: "You two were in an alliance without me?"
Alejandro realized that if his team lost either he or Duncan would be kicked off the show. He proceeded to shout at Duncan.
"Thanks a lot! Why'd you try to drag me into an alliance Duncan?! Our entire team knows about it now, because you tried talk about it in broad daylight! At least now everyone knows that you can't be trusted to keep anything secret."
Confessional #9
"I lied about everything I said. However, I've planted a seed of doubt in my teammates' minds. They'll be more inclined now to vote for Duncan." —Alejandro
Duncan was dumbfounded by Alejandro's lie. What was even worse was that his teammates seemed to be believe Alejandro. At least, they appeared to be weary of Duncan.
"What? I—," Duncan was cut off by the sudden arrival of Chris, which seemed to be timed.
"Alright contestants, time for the challenge."
"Yay," Gwen deadpanned.
"Thank you for your enthusiasm Gwen." Chris glared at her for a few seconds before addressing the other campers.
"As you can see—," Chris began.
"We're doing the cliff challenge from episode of season one of Total Drama!" Sierra exclaimed.
"No, Sierra, we aren't," Chris denied through gritted teeth. "From now on, I'd like to have my challenge introductions—"
"Interrupted?" Duncan asked subversively.
"Told through song?" Heather questioned.
"Said backwards?" Bridgette queried.
"Expressed through mime?" Noah Inquired.
"Okay, you know what?" Chris yelled at them.
"No, we don't know what." Alejandro responded.
"Chris, could you explain the concept of 'what' to us?" DJ asked.
"Everyone on the villains' team except for Courtney has to sit out of this challenge!"
"Oh fuck," said Courtney simply.
"Well thanks again Duncan! You started that little gimmick of annoying Chris and now we're guaranteed to lose!" Alejandro shouted at Duncan once again.
"Yeah!" Heather said in support of Alejandro, having of gotten over being excluded from Alejandro's alliance. Their strategy seemed to be working, as most of the Villainous Vultures were glaring at Duncan now. Duncan merely put his head in his hands in frustration.
"Also, the challenge is a relay race from the top of the cliff to the bottom: have fun running up and down this 1,000 meter long hill seven times Courtney!" Chris told her maliciously.
Courtney just gazed at her teammates in a look of utter repulsion.
"You all have five minutes to decide the running order!" Chris shouted at them before stalking off.
While Courtney just sat away from her team pondering the logistics of running through a kilometer long forest in a swimming suit, The Heroic Hawks were debating their running order.
"I think we should have our fastest runners go first," Lindsay pitched. "We would gain a lead on Courtney. Then, she'd be too tired to make it up."
"No!" Harold argued. "We need to put our fastest runners in the middle! That's when the mental will of our team will be the weakest. We'll need our fastest runners there!"
"Guys, guys," Trent began, gaining control of the conversation. "I was on the track team of my school a few years back. I remember the coach saying that relay races should have the fastest runner at the back and the front. That way the front runners can give the team a lead for the slower runners to work with, and the back runners can make up any lost ground."
"Wow. That's a pretty good idea Trent, I say we try it!" Gwen commanded the team, met with unanimous agreement.
A few minutes later, Chris appeared. It was apparent that he'd been soothed in some way, as evidenced by his sleepy nature.
"Alright campers," Chris said waking up. "It appears the running order for the Heroic Hawks will be: Sierra, Lindsay, Gwen, Owen, LeShawna, Harold, and Trent."
He then turned towards the Villains' team. Chris had a gleam in his eye and a malicious look. "After much debate," he relished every word. "It's been decided that Courtney will go first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh!"
"Uh, Chris?" Owen seemed to have just remembered something. "In the last All-Stars you had us dive off the cliff; that's why we're in our bathing suits. Why are we doing a different challenge?"
"Well Owen," Chris turned towards the veterans to explain this. "I would have explained this before I was rudely interrupted by s certain team." He looked at the Villainous Vultures for a long time. "The reason behind changing up the challenges is because doing the same challenges for two seasons in a row is boring."
"Oh, thanks Chris." Owen looked annoyed.
Confessional #10
"You know, I wouldn't have minded jumping off that cliff again. But running two kilometers?! Do I look like the kind of person who'd do that?" —Owen
"Alright, everyone ready? The team that loses is up for elimination. Three, two, one, go!" Chris blew an air horn and Sierra and Courtney ran off into the forest.
Confessional #11
The challenge was difficult, to say the least." —Trent
Confessional #12
"So much running. No. Can't again. No. No. Legs burning. Dehydrated. No." —Courtney *Curled up in a ball*
Courtney did manage to keep up with the heroes for a while. She was on pace with Sierra for the majority of the run. However, when she began to race against Lindsay, Courtney began to fall behind.
"Woo-hoo! I'm in first!" Lindsay shouted triumphantly as she sprinted through the trees. Courtney meanwhile, had seen better days.
"Congratu-fucking-lations Lindsay," Courtney muttered under her breath.
Meanwhile, Noah was talking to DJ and Bridgette.
"Are you sure Noah? You saw what happened with Duncan and Alejandro." DJ glanced around; no one was watching them.
"Yeah, except they did it in broad daylight in front of everyone," Noah responded tiredly. Clearly, he'd been trying to recruit DJ for quite some time now. "We're talking in the woods away from anyone."
"I'm on board with Noah. As long as Alejandro's not in this alliance, I'm with you through thick and thin." Bridgette gave a little nod of finality on the matter. She then turned to face DJ. "If you team up with us, that'll be three people on a team of seven. I'm sure I can get Courtney to join us. Besides, it's painfully obvious Alejandro will vote for Duncan if we lose.
"More like when we lose," Noah smirked.
"Yeah…" Bridgette looked pensively at the trees surrounding them, silently apologizing to Courtney for what they were putting her through.
"Well, this seems like my best option. I'll join your alliance!" DJ exclaimed.
The three of them shook on the matter and went back to the top of the cliff. Right when they joined the others, Gwen took off into the woods.
Gwen jogged down the slope at a mild pace, conserving her energy. Nothing eventful happened until she tripped over a fallen branch.
"Ouch! God damn it," Gwen muttered as she looked at her knee. It was badly skinned and bleeding. As she examined her wound, Courtney jogged up to her.
"Gwen?" Courtney asked nervously.
Gwen, heard Courtney's voice and closed off immediately. Gwen then realized Courtney hadn't left her alone.
"Yes, Courtney?" Gwen tried to stand up and winced.
"Oh! Hear, let me help you," Courtney grabbed Gwen's hand and helped stand her up.
"Thanks." Gwen then hurried on down the cliff, ignoring her knee.
Confessional #13
"It was nice of Courtney to help me; I admit that. I still haven't forgiven her, though." —Gwen
About forty five minutes later, Gwen, Owen, LeShawna, and Harold had finished there runs and Trent had just started his. Lindsay had pulled Sierra aside towards the cliff's edge.
"So, I think we should talk alliance talk," Lindsay had a determined look on her face.
"Uh, yeah sure, Lindsay." Sierra seemed rather bored.
"I think we need to recruit more people from our team," Lindsay proposed.
"Oh yeah, like who?" Sierra looked around at her team, not finding anyone.
"I was thinking Owen, he's really nice to everyone."
"Hmm—," Sierra stopped talking, seeing Heather approach them.
"What are you two doing?" She crossed her arms. Lindsay got an idea.
"Oh, Heather!" She yelled in her ditsy voice. "We were talking about jumping off this cliff. You know how much Sierra's been wanting to do it. Come on, let's try it!" She grabbed Sierra and Heather and jumped off the cliff.
Confessional #14
"I've always wanted to jump of that cliff after All-Stars number one. That wasn't how I saw it happening though. Why'd I get dragged into this alliance? Oh yeah, I didn't want to insult Lindsay. Ugh."—Sierra
Confessional #15
"Those idiots! Leave it to a retard and crazy girl to come up with that conversation. Ugh!"
—Heather
Confessional #16
"I just heard Heather's confessional. I'm glad she still thinks I'm stupid. I can cover up anything 'smart' I'm doing. I wish I'd be considered something beside the dumb blonde. Ugh…" —Lindsay
"LeShawna! Did you see what Heather, Sierra, and Lindsay did?" Gwen was peering over the edge of the cliff. Below she saw three people in the water.
"No, why?"
"They just threw themselves off the cliff!"
"Are they Okay?"
"Yeah, but why?"
"Gwen, you had a nut job and an idiot."
"I guess so. It's pretty weird, though. They did it just out of the blue!"
Before the two could finish their conversation, Trent came out of the bushes. Chris, as if he rehearsed this, appeared immediately after.
"We have a winner! Heroic Hawks, congratulations on winning the challenge. You all are safe!"
A series of cheers came up from the team.
"Hey, where's Sierra, Heather, and Lindsay?" Chris looked around for them.
"We're here! Lindsay thought it'd be a good idea to jump off the cliff! I swear you're the most idiotic person I've ever met!" Finished with her rant, a sopping wet Heather went and joined her team after shoving Sierra out of the way. Lindsay frowned at Heather's comment, but stayed silent.
"Anyway villains," Chris seemed all too happy to tell them the news. "I'll see you at the bonfire pit tonight. Also, you might want to look for Courtney, I think she passed out from exhaustion."
The teams dispersed shortly after that. Noah, Bridgette, and DJ volunteered to find Courtney.
"So guys, who should we vote for?" Bridgette asked, poking through a shrub.
"I think we should get rid of Alejandro. You can't trust that dude." DJ responded. Bridgette gave a nod of approval.
"I don't know guys, I was thinking of getting rid of Duncan. You saw what he and Alejandro were up to." Noah argued.
"Yeah, but Duncan hasn't ruined my reputation and made me want to screw him over in any way possible." Bridgette replied with a grim look on her face.
"Thanks for that disturbing addition to the debate Bridgette," Noah said as he backed away from her. "Look, Courtney hates Duncan right?" A series of nods. "Well, if we say we're voting him off, then she'll most definitely join us. Then we throw the next challenge and get rid of Alejandro."
"I agree with Noah," DJ said. "If we want Courtney, then this is probably our best bet."
"Well, okay—hey! I found Courtney!" Bridgette was peering into a thicket, where Courtney was passed out. "Hey DJ, carry her back to the…" Bridgette thought about it for a few moments, then stated: "The cabin. Bring her back to the cabin. Then I can get her to join us in private."
"Sounds good, Bridgette." The trio and Courtney then headed back down to the campgrounds.
The Heroic Hawks were enjoying their dinner while evening set on. Sierra and Lindsay were a little ways off, still damp from their impromptu cliff dive. Gwen, LeShawna, Trent, Harold, and Owen were eating together. To be fair, it was really only Owen eating the slop Chef made for them.
"So guys," Owen proclaimed to his friends in between his bites. "I'm really trying to break out of my mold of 'The Fat Guy'."
"Well, you might want to stop eating whatever's in front of you," said Gwen. Owen, who was about to start on Harold's dinner, pushed it aside.
"Come on Gwen, the dude doesn't have to starve himself," Trent told her.
"I know, but it's a sure fire way to be known as something besides 'the fat guy'. Owen, if you want to eat, I'm not going to stop you." Gwen kept quiet the rest of the dinner, feeling a little awkward.
Alejandro and Heather, on the other side of the mess hall, were talking strategy.
"I say we vote off Duncan, I'm pretty sure most of the people on our team are against him," Alejandro stated while moving his slop around with a fork.
"Yeah, kudos on your performance by the way," Heather stared thoughtfully at Lindsay, who had just gone up to collect her dinner. "I want to get rid of Lindsay. That idiot shoved me off a cliff."
"I agree, you'd have to be pretty stupid to do that."
"I'll have you know," Lindsay retorted, having of overheard this conversation. "I was the only girl on Team Victory to not have my elimination orchestrated by you."
"That may be true, but I wasn't worried about you. You're so idiotic that I never had to do much about you."
Confessional #17
"Urg! I can't believe Alejandro's so mean. I know I'm not the smartest person here, but calling me stupid still hurts." —Lindsay
"So, we're voting off Duncan?" Alejandro asked Heather expectantly.
"Yeah, it seems like the best bet. I won't miss him when he's gone."
At this point, DJ had dropped Courtney off by the villains' cabin. Bridgette had gotten her to bed and had some water on standby for when she woke up.
"Unh…" Courtney started to wake up. Bridgette brought some water to her mouth. Courtney drank it all in a few seconds, she was so dehydrated. It did rejuvenate her, though.
"Courtney?"
"Um, yeah?"
"Sorry about having you run fourteen kilometers. That must have been hell."
"That's an understatement Bridgette."
"Yeah…" Bridgette looked away for a few seconds. Remembering why she brought her to the cabin in the first place, she told Courtney: "Noah, DJ, and I are voting off Duncan tonight. Do you want to join us?"
Courtney bolted upright at the news. "Four people…that's a majority! I'll join you, definitely. I don't really want Duncan around. It was just awkward for me in the first All-Stars."
"Let's go then! It's about time to vote." Bridgette helped Courtney up, and carried her off to the bonfire pit.
A few minutes later, all of the Villains were at the elimination ceremony, votes cast. Noah, DJ, Bridgette, and now Courtney were sitting together. Alejandro and Heather were next to each other as well. Duncan, who no one had seen since the challenge, was sitting a way away from his teammates. Chris appeared at that moment.
"You have all cast your votes. If you're safe, I'll throw you a marshmallow. Oh! The winning team will also watch the elimination ceremony, in silence." He had directed the last two words at the incoming Heroic team, particularly Sierra.
"Let's see, Noah, Courtney, DJ, and Bridgette are all safe." He tossed the four of them marshmallows, resulting in high-fives between the four of them. "Heather, you're safe too." She snatched her Marshmallow and took a bite.
"Alejandro, Duncan. What can I say? Well, I can say a lot, actually. The two of you talked about getting rid of DJ and Noah. Also, it's popular belief that Duncan dragged Alejandro into the fray. And that is why Alejandro is safe." Chris tossed him a marshmallow. "Duncan, you have to go. Please leave via the boat of losers."
"What?! Why'd you guys get rid of me and not Alejandro? He started the alliance, not me."
"Well," Bridgette said calmly. "You should have said something."
"You think Alejandro's trustworthy?"
"Duncan, you're a threat," Noah explained. "You make it to the merge every season you're in. Also, not that many people here are really out to get you. Alejandro's days are numbered. Heather's the only person on the team who isn't against him. It's nothing personal."
"Whatever, man."
"Duncan, it's time for you to go." Chris led Duncan past the Heroic Hawks. Gwen gave a small wave.
"Bye Duncan," Courtney bid him ado, though she didn't seem to be saddened by his departure.
Duncan walked quietly onto the boat, sat down, and reflected on how he would probably be returning to jail soon. Glancing back at the island that was receding into the horizon, he sighed, feeling slightly depressed.
"Well that was episode two of Total Drama All-Stars Redux! LeShawna is trying to help Gwen stop being so cold, but Courtney may be better at fixing that. Lindsay and Owen are both tired of being known only as a dimwit and fat guy by the entire cast, but will they be able to convince people otherwise? Also, how will the team dynamic of the Villainous Vultures work with the team divided by four and two? Find out all of this and more next time on Total Drama All-Stars Redux!"
Author's Note: Tumble1980— Whew! 3,000+ words in one chapter! That's the most ever! Anyway, onto why-I-got-rid-of-Duncan. He's a total screen-hog. Seriously, making the merge every season is not something he deserves. He takes up space and prevents characters like Bridgette, Harold, DJ, etc. eliminated early. Honestly, I had planned to get rid of him first from the very start. All of his plot was to get eliminated and establish how little his presence is needed now. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. The next on will be out on the 30th! Please keep on reading and reviewing! Also, merry whatever-the-fuck-you-celebrate!
